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00m OPERATED VENDING MACHINE. No. 493,973. Patented Mar. 21, 1893.

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COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE.

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No. 493,973. Patented Mar 21, 1893.

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HENRY BYRON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

COIN-OPERATED VEN DING-MACHINE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,973, dated March21, 1893. Application filed October 6, 1892. Serial No. 448,032. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY BYRON, a citizen of theUnited StatesofArnerica, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCoin-Operated Vending-Machines, of which the following is aspecification. 7

My invention relates to coin-operated vending machines of the class inwhich the introduction of a coin of predetermined denomination operatesinterior mechanism to free, and deposit in a drawer, whence it may beremoved, packages of candy, gum, stamps, tobacco or similar articles.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel interior mechanismfor securing the packages in position and allowing them to fall into thedrawer upon the introduction of a coin and subsequent operation of saiddrawer. I

It further consistsin the provision of means of a simple and durablenature for depositing the coin into a suitable receptacle after it hasperformed its work.

The invention further consists in the construction and combination ofthe several parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention, the doorbeing closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the door being open. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the coin receiving and package delivering drawer. Fig. 4 isa side elevation'of the same. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 2,the door, however, being shown as closed. Fig. 6is a plan view. Fig. 7 a section on the line 77 of Fig. 6 illustratingthe coin-operated slide by means of which the packages are supported andwhich, upon the introduction of a coin is moved from under them andallows one package to fall into the drawer, and Fig. 8 is a verticalcentral section, from front to rear, of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar letters of reference denotecorresponding parts, A designates the casing or cover of the machineconsisting of top and bottom a a sides a a back a and door 13. The dooris hinged at b b to the side a and is provided with a lock 1) by meansof which it is secured to the side a and a horizontal slot or opening B.The interior of the casing is divided intermediate of its'top and bottomby ahorizontal partition 0 above which is placed the package container Dand movablysecured to which is the coin operated mechanism about to bedescribed.

The package container D is, in the present embodiment of the invention,provided with four compartments (1, d, d 61 To this end the container isconstructed of the two pieces 6 e and two other pieces 6 e disposedacross them in the manner shown and secured preferably to a core E. Thiscore is not, however, an essential feature as the pieces 6, e, 6 6 maybe given sufficient rigidity by being secured together in any desiredmanner. The core E is provided at its top with an upwardly projectingboss which projects through the top a of the casing and is there rigidlysecured to a disk F by means of which the container is revolved in orderto presentto the frontanyoneof the compartments, for the purposedescribed.

The disk F will preferably be provided with means to allow theoperatorto determine,when turning said disk, just what compartment ispresented to the receiving drawer. I have found it expedient for thispurpose to provide the top a of the casing with four marks, one over thecenter of each compartment of the container and to label each of thesewith the name of the goods to be found in that compartment. A mark isthen placed upon the disk F which, when brought into juxtaposition toone of the marks upon the top a, will indicate that the compartmentcontaining the goods described is in such a position that one of thepackages may be withdrawn upon the deposit of a coin. l may,if desired,provide the disk with vertical perforations and the top a of the casingwith perforations registering therewith and use in this construction apin which will be inserted through the disk Fand into one of theperforations in the top a in order to hold the compartment securel y inposition. The pieces 6, e, 6 e forming the compartments will preferablybe provided with lips c in order to retain the pack ages in position,and they may be strengthened upon the outside by means of strips e gluedor otherwise secured at the junction of said pieces.

The package container will rest upon the horizontal partition 0-. Itwill then be free to be revolved by means of the disk F. If desired thepartition C may be provided with guides c for insuring the perfectoperation of the container.

G designates a slide arranged under the partition 0 and consisting of astrip 9 preferably of metal, wings g one on each side and a downwardlyextending projection g against which the coin abuts'i- The rear end ofthe slide is provided with a downwardly projecting lug g which projectsthrough and has a horizontally sliding movement in an elongated slot 0formed in the partition C. If desired the partition may also belongitudinally recessed to form a track for the slide G.

H designates the coin receiving and package delivering drawer. It iscomposed of the front cross bar h having the handle h, two side bars72/2 and end 72 and is provided around a portion of its inside with abottom It.

I designates a hinged bottom one end of which is movably secured in thefront end of the drawer by means of pins or pivots 2'. Normally thisbottom will hang in the position illustrated in Figs. 4 and S. The actof pulling the drawer out however, through the slot B in the door,causes the free end of the hinged bottom to rise to the level of theside bars 7L and thus adapt the drawer for the receipt of the coin. Thepartial bottom is provided with enlarged portions 7L5 which determinethe space within which the package of goods falls. The end piece 7L3 ofthe drawer is preferably provided upon its inner surface with a cut-awayportion, the object of which is to receive the lug g of the slide G inorder that when the drawer is pulled out the slide may be pulled forwardalso.

J designates the lower compartment of the casing which is utilized as areceptacle for coins.

The operation of my improved vending machine is as follows. Thecompartments having been stocked with the packages of candies, &c., thedoor is locked and the device ready for vending. Before introducing thecoin the drawer I-I may be pulled out with no result. When, however, acoin of the proper denomination is deposited in the bottom of the drawerin the position illustrated in the drawings, the drawer may be closed todrop the coin and receive'the package. In its normal position the wingsg of the slide G will support the packages L. When the drawer carryingthe coin is pushed in the edge of the latter abuts on one side againstthe partial bottom h of the drawer and on the other side against thedownwardly projecting portion 9 of the slide and shoves it back,whereupon the packages are allowed to fall upon the partial bottom 72 ofthe drawer and at the same time the hinged bottom, which before has beenheld in position by the lower edge fall into the receptacle J.

of the slot B descends and allows the coin to The drawer may then beagain pulled out and will carry with it the lowermost of the packagesand the end piece h of the drawer, acting upon the lug g of the slide G,again brings the latter under the remaining packages to support them.After the package in the drawer has been removed the machine is incondition for another similar operation. It is obvious that thisoperation may be repeated so long as any packages remain in the severalcompartments of the container D, the condition precedent being thedeposit of a coin in the drawer H.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patout, is-

1. In a coin-operated vending machine, the combination, with areceptacle for the goods, of a drawer having a hinged bottom adapted toreceive and transmit the coin to a coin receptacle, a slide supportingthe goods in the receptacle therefor and adapted to be pressed out ofengagement with said goods by the coin, for the purpose of deliveringone package thereof to the operator, substantially as described.

2. In a coin-operated vending machine, the combination, with areceptacle for the goods, of a drawer having a partial bottom adapted toreceive one package of the goods and a hinged bottom adapted to receiveand deposit a coin, a support for the goods adapted to be pressed out ofengagement therewith by the coin for the purpose of delivering suchgoods to the operator, substantially as described.

3. In a coin-operated vending machine, the combination, with areceptacle for the goods, of a drawer adapted to receive the coin anddeliver the goods, and a slide having wings to support the goods in thereceptacle therefor, and provided with a downward projection adapted tobe engaged by the coin deposited in such drawer and forced fromengagement with such goods, substantially as described.

4. In a coin-operated vending machine, the combination, with a goodscontainer, of a drawer having a partial bottom adapted to receive onepackage of the goods, and ahinged bottom adapted to receive and deposita coin, a slide having wings to support the goods in one compartment ofthe container and pro vided with a downward projection adapted to beengaged by a coin supported upon such hinged bottom and forced fromengagementwith such goods, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of October, 1892.

HENRY BYRON. lVitnesses:

HENRY M. CUMMINGS, WILLARD N. BAYLIS.

